Rapping for change: Filipino artists use music to confront corruption

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In the Philippines, young artists are turning to underground music to challenge corruption, inequality and social pressures, using rap battles and independent studios to express their voices beyond the mainstream.

Al Jazeera’s Jamela Alindogan reports.

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